Distance Education Tools - Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning
aka m-learning (#mlearning on twitter)

Books, articles
Issues/Controversies
- When to buy your child a cell phone (nytimes article) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/technology/personaltech/10basics.html?src=me&ref=technology
- Are cell phones (and similar devices) useful for learning, or should they be banned?
  - http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2005/9/28/rules-for-pod-people-and-a-proposal-for-banning-pencils.html
  - http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/26091440-1660766427.html
    - 2:00 & 8:00
Mobile Learning sites
Creating/authoring mobile learning
Mobile access to Learning management systems
- Blackboard
  - Blackboard Mobile Learn app - requires either school purchase license or you be on Sprint
  - http://www.blackboard.com/Mobile/Overview.aspx
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfTKhX8VSj8
- Moodle
Other Mobile Learning Platforms
- MobiProfessor - http://www.mobiprofessor.com/
- Mobl 21 - http://www.mobl21.com/
- Curatr - http://www.curatr.co.uk/
Other Apps
- Google Listen - and other apps for listening to podcasts
- Layar - augmented reality
- Ustream & Qik - for video broadcasting
- Kindle, Aldiko - e-book readers
- http://mclear.co.uk/sites/classdroid/